# Declare a departure on leave or a final departure

> In Weplanify, declare a departure on leave or a final departure from the employee's record, Contracts tab, so that payroll prepares what is due to them.

- Product: Weplanify (https://weplanify.io)
- Section: Payroll
- Web page: https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.depart?lang=en
- Other language: https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.depart.md
- Last updated: 2026-09-30

In Weplanify, both departures are declared in the employee's record, **Contracts** tab, in the same frame, which replaces the list of contracts while you fill it in.

![The Final departure frame: reason, exit date and notice](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/weplanify/o/docs%2Fpaie%2Fmaj-2026-09-28%2Fpa-depart-88c5baf0.webp?alt=media&token=1ea03440-8a4d-4bc5-95d6-e2d2b650bd56)

## Steps

1. Open the employee's record, **Contracts** tab ([active contract](https://weplanify.io/docs/employes.contrats.cycle?lang=en)).
2. Click **Departure on leave** or **Final departure**: the **Declare a departure** frame opens.
3. For a departure on leave: pick the dates and the leave request, check the allowance, then click **Validate the departure** ([prepare a departure on leave](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.depart-conges?lang=en)).
4. For a final departure: pick the **Reason**, the **Exit date** and the **Notice**, then click **Compute the settlement**.
5. **Back** or the cross closes the frame; **Learn more** opens the help.

## Good to know

- The departure shows in the payroll of the month concerned ([before closing](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.cycle-mensuel?lang=en)).
- How a departure on leave is paid is set in [Leave & indemnity](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.configuration.conges?lang=en).
- Exit allowances depend on your country's rule and on the reason; to be right, the history must be complete ([opening history](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.reprise-historique?lang=en)).

## Related guides

- [A contract's statuses: suspend, terminate, activate](https://weplanify.io/docs/employes.contrats.cycle?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the record's Contracts tab shows the running contract and its history, and what each action changes for the employee's payroll.
- [Prepare a departure on leave](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.depart-conges?lang=en) — In Weplanify, prepare an employee's departure on leave from their record: days counted, balance, leave request and allowance, then validate the departure.
- [Follow the monthly payroll step by step](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.cycle-mensuel?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the Monthly payroll page shows where payroll stands: the next step, what is left to settle, the provisional figures and the five steps.
- [Choose how leave is handled in payroll](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.configuration.conges?lang=en) — In Weplanify, choose how a departure on leave is paid: salary maintained, allowance on departure, or deduction then add-back on the payslips.
- [Import payroll history at installation](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.reprise-historique?lang=en) — In Weplanify, import the payroll totals paid before you started using it, so that annual totals, the annual statement and allowances start out right.
- [Payroll in Weplanify](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the monthly payroll is prepared in five steps, from time, absences and variable elements up to the payslips, the payment and the closing.
- [Leave balances](https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.soldes-de-conges?lang=en) — In Weplanify, each employee has a leave counter: earned since the return date, taken, and available balance, shown on their record and in the report.
- [Delete an employee who has left the company](https://weplanify.io/docs/employes.supprimer?lang=en) — In Weplanify, deleting an employee removes their record from the lists and cuts their sign-in, while keeping the history of their time, leave and pay.